Comments about used books

There are 45 comments about "used books"

Keith Bernstein: I would like to add some comments about Mrs. Ida Gradstein. I thought her to be an effective teacher and a sweet lady. The mention of her name brought back some memories of my sixth......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Esthr Herschman (Rechtschafner): I enjoyed this site very much. I graduated from PS167 in 1958.Now i will try to list yu some of my memories. Kindergarten teacher Miss Shapiro. (there was another kindergarten class and teacher -Mrs. Pinkerton.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Janet: What a collection of memories--things that surely resonate throughout this remarkable site. Just a few comments, Alan, though the Rochester-Buffalo-Ralph neighborhood from St. Johns to Eastern Parkway was not our neighborhood. The Congress......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Alan Kupperberg: Eastern Parkway Memories By Alan Kupperberg Searching the Internet for information on Dubrow’s Cafeteria and the Famous restaurant on Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, I discovered this wonderful site. It brought back many wonderful memories for......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: yes, this is the redone one. the old one looked like this: [[img:29340]] apparently, in addition to being a drug dealer and armed robber ([[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CEFDB1E3EF93BA15754C0A966958260]]), ben also used a child as a human-shield in a shootout ([[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-2365594.html]])......

in response to: A Cut Above the Rest by Peter

Nick Thackray: my brother just came in slightly pissed and just told me about a taxi driver who used to be a monk from arrow taxi's and told him all bout gouranga and handed him books on......

in response to: Call Out Gouranga! by Jamie

Chris : First of all Toronto is hated on by all Canadians outside of the Golden Horse Shoe. One of the main reasons why is,....... the Toronto Maple Losers!!!!!!!!. It's a hockey country and the leafs used......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Dean Ogden: Hi Sheila (Vaudrey), my mum saw my uncle Colin this afternoon and told him how i came across this site and that ive seen some of his school pictures, and he wants me to go......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Dean Ogden: Hi Cyril, ive been on Google Earth its great isnt it? And i still pass the house quite often (I somtimes cut accross the moss to get to work if the traffics bad. My aunty......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Stuart, I don't remember being in Mr Killers class... I will scan the pic I have, hopefully it will come out half decent, tho it's not a good copy to start with. I remember......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Andie: Cody, I know you and your family personally. I grew up in Hutchinson and attended church with you. You are not representative of the average Hutchinsonian. Your mother is a hospital administrator and your father is......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Andrew Smith: Here's some photo's contributed by Dom Smith (friend but no relation) - photo's of Irlam in the late 1980's The parade on the estate - butchers on the left, newsagent in the middle (run by Dom's......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Joanne Amorello-minor: Anyway as far as memories from Irlam go I went to Irlam county primary and the endowed then to Irlam High I left in 1987,I lived on Ferry hill rd Harewood rd and The crescent.I......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

NervaVels: I lived on the block of Green/Evergreen/Harman for almost 20 years; prior to that, I lived on Jefferson St between Knickerbocker and Irving (still remember getting picked up by the bus to go to a......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

anon (ppp-69-219-38-192.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net): Thats so true sb people should not go by every thing that they read and every thing you said is true, when ever the gangs was in war they will tell every one to get......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Jess: Hey, I used to work at Soho Zat back in 1983. I loved it. They only hired punks. It was the coolest place to work - vintage comic books, porn, various sundries (all legal...), vintage......

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

Mr. 'Nise' Guy: yo i used to get up alot.. but the fukin delray pb and sheriffs bustesd in my house and took pics and TOOK! my blackbooks n paint n shit.. i was held down for a......

in response to: Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\': by Justice?

JOEY TPA - THE PUBLIC ANIIMALS: Hehehe...I used to stand on these streets and sell books......

in response to: Broadway Soho by jack

Big Momma Becky: I am going to straddle the fence,so to speak,about my hometown,which happens to be Hutch. I am a middle aged woman,so someone younger might not have my same opinion,which is understandable. I have lived here......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

madame maxime: I've moved across country and have lived in many different states. Always I carried my books with me, and when I went to graduate school I kept accruing more. The last move from......

in response to: Booktrash by Peter

S.B.: first of all you shouldnt go by what you read in books because everything isnt true. I lived in 1943 W. lake for 18 years. I loved living there it was always some place I......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Peter: yo bazz, i used to live right in that neighborhood... 45th and 4th ave, actually. that area is great. be sure to walk up to 5th avenue for the good shopping, diners and amazing produce.......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

EvilGentleman: Damn, now I can't stop thinking. Maybe the authors listing should be ranked by total hits, and not by articles posted. I mean, I'm closing in on hool's total article count, yet I am nowhere near......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

BDweller: My friend Mike graduated from JHS 111 in the early seventies. It had already acquired a rough reputation by then, as I recall. Like Pierre said, the gang/thug threat was present. All......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

JNJ: Your reflections are very impassioned and provide a perspective that I could never understand as a caucasian and an outsider to the neighborhood. I guess what I still don't understand is why, I would be......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

Jerry Pflugh: 17th Oct 2006 : My dad, Ted Pflugh, was Commander of that VFW post, the Mohr-Christie Post #158, several times during the fifties, and my mom, Eileen, was President of the Ladies Auxiliary. They were in office when the......

in response to: Disused VFW Hall by mike a

Stoner: As an architect, I find this man and his endeavor gripping. Whereas I may think that the simple structure of such a building is quite simple, mainly because it's a uniform design used in......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Raph : Bedsidebooks is a student run program that collects, sorts and distributes used books to nursing homes, homeless shelters, schools and other non profits. More information can be found at www.bedsidebooks.org (or email bedsidebooks@gmail.com). ......

in response to: Booktrash by Peter

vanessa vargas to BOC: ummm...you must have been high when you wrote that response talking about me being a realtor! i am far from a realtor...and i happen to live on menahan...probably not too far from you. ......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: I lived in Miramichi (Chatham back then) from ages 7 to 11. This was 1976 to 1980. We used to go shopping in either Bathurst or Moncton until 1979, when The Miramichi Mall was built......

in response to: Free Man? by Urbanghost (michael talbot)

Sammy Finkelman: EvilGentleman: 10th Mar 2006 - 16:55 GMT I cannot believe there are people who would throw out books that are still readable! What a waste! Have they never heard of used book stores, > or perhaps......

in response to: Booktrash by Peter

GGP: that book sound right up my alley! plus, I love books with unapologetically long-winded titles! I used to volunteer at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals as a kid, and in their......

in response to: Critter in the Basement by GGP

Arthur: I've got an apartmentfull of used books I need to donate to charity or sell to a flea market vendor. Does anyone know how I can do this?...

in response to: Booktrash by Peter

EvilGentleman: Still think the whole package would be better if he was also selling used books. Oh, and Peter, the cameraphone seems pretty good, but maybe it would be better to just buy a compact point-and-shoot......

in response to: Lunch Truck by Peter

joey: what about the strand bookstore. 9 miles of books. surely the strand is still selling used books in nyc. actually if you want used anything- come to california. berkeley, ca has used clothes, books, cds,......

in response to: Booktrash by Peter

EvilGentleman: Hmmm... an old canteen truck converted into a mobile used bookstore... hot dog vendors who sell Tom Clancy and Michael Crichton novels on the side... Owners of suburban used bookstores cruising through New York's residental......

in response to: Booktrash by Peter

Peter: i think here, its more of a fiscal issue. im not sure if a used bookstore would make enough profit to cover the outlandish rent they'd have to pay for a space big enough to......

in response to: Booktrash by Peter

EvilGentleman: My parents and I used to own used bookstores in Chatham, New Brunswick and Cornwall, Ontario when I was a child. (I owned the comic department, as the starting inventory was all from my collection).......

in response to: Booktrash by Peter

EvilGentleman: I cannot believe there are people who would throw out books that are still readable! What a waste! Have they never heard of used book stores, or perhaps donating to libraries?...

in response to: Booktrash by Peter

jack: catherine its all fine. the insignia that everyone is worried about is not the insignia for the nazi party. that insignia is at a tilt. the hospital plan has a resemblence to it......

in response to: Quite Possibly the Worst Layout for a Hospital, Ever by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

ELLIS G.: For Immediate Release: KILI is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by ELLIS G. Continues through 12/1/05 @ KILI 81 Hoyt St. bet. State St. and Atlantic Ave. Bklyn NY A,C,G Trains to Hoyt/Schermerhorn......

in response to: Wherefore ART Thou, Ellis? by GGP

NET PI 156 KRT: For Immediate Release: KILI is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by ......

in response to: Brooklyn Street Art Initiative by Peter

GGP: this cat is so regal. next time you're in a good used book store or antiquarian book shop, keep your eyes open for a book by Paul Gallico (author of the Poseidon Adventure, the Snow Goose,......

in response to: Cat on the Fence by joey

fuzzytank: both buildings appear in those pesky architectural history books they want me to buy each school year H. H. Richardsons Trinity Church (1873-7) is reflected in the glass of the John Hancock tower (not to be......

in response to: unruly overview by fuzzytank

elaine: i couldn't see any joins, but yr probly right judging by the light on the creases and the scruffy edge down the side. fablon is a trade name for sticky backed plastic which comes in......

in response to: queen street street art by jeeff